Schwarzenegger hooks Blair up with an Ipod before shuffling on

And why not, when you get cool gifts like the one Gov. Schwarzenegger gave to PM tony Blair: a 60 gb Ipod, black, natch, with a leather case — preloaded with songs about California. Among the 108 songs included on the nifty gift — which fits 15,000 by the way: “Hooray for Hollywood,” “California, Here I come,” “I Left my Heart in San Francisco,” and more. The artists include Janis Joplin, Credence Clearwater Revival — that would be “Stuck in Lodi Again” — and Santana, along with some British artists, Dire Straits and Cream. Oh, yeah, and it includes the song which Blair himself admitted this weekend is his favorite: Tarrega’s “Recuerdos de la Alhambra.”

The playlists include California pop tunes, San Francisco/Bay Area pop tunes, SF and California rock bands and “classical/Misc.”

Who put this all together? The state protocol office, headed by Charlotte Shultz.

The IPod was inscribed: Presented to the Right Honorable Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, by Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California.